The Upper House. 161

Wednesday morning 17 May 1738
This house met again according to Adjournment

Present as Yesterday.
A Message from the Lower House by Mess^rs Hanson and Smith

U. H. J.
No. 33
May 17

By the Lower House of Assembly 17^th May 1738

May it please your Honours
Col^o Hammond Treasurer of the Western Shoar having sent to
M^r Samuel Hyde Merchant in London for some Books Paper Ink &c.
for the use of the Publick and the same being sent accordingly
amounting to £5O..15..10 Ster. when said Hyde had not any other
money in his hands then such as arose on the duty of 3^d p hhd for
arms and Ammunition this house have agreed that an Order be drawn
on M^r William Hunt payable to said M^r Hyde for said sum out of the
publick money in said Hunts hands due to this Province remitted him
by Col^o Samuel Young late Treasurer of the Western Shoar and
desire your Honours Concurrence therein
Signed p Order M Macnemara Cl Lo H.

Vide
Black Book
No. 6
Letter No.54

Read the second time the Bill intituled an Act for the speedy and
effectual Publication of the Laws of this Province and for the En-
couragement of Jonas Green of the City of Annapolis Printer and
passed with the following Amendment in 12^th Line of the first page
after the word to put the Governor and after the Words Member of
in the same Line and Page put Upper and Lower Houses of Assem-
bly sent by Edmund Jenings Esq^r
Read the Petition of Several Freeholders and others Inhabitants
of Queen Anns County praying a Bill may be brought in to erect a
Court house at Ogle Town in said County the place where the present
Court house is erected being forty or fifty Miles distance from many
the Inhabitants thereof Referred to the Consideration of the next
Session of Assembly and Ordered that the Petitioners give publick
Notice in their County of such their Application

The following message meing prepared is sent by George Plater
Esq^r

By the Upper House of Assembly 17 May 1738.
Gentlemen
In answer to your message of this day by Mess^rs Hanson and
Smith this house concurrs with the purport thereof and that there be
directions in the said Order that M^r Hyde Replace the said sum of
£5O..15-.10 when received by him to that Fund out of which he Paid
the same
Signed p Order John Ross Cl Up H.
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